How can I use a mod menu in singleplayer without risking a ban?

[Wallachia]

So, I am trying to get a mod menu on singleplayer in order to mess around and test vehicles (slander for not knowing the game incoming).
Now the problem is that I might get banned when trying to get into RC:RP.
Now I know that you might say "welp, just don't use the menu and you will be fine"
Well, a couple of weeks ago I was with a friend of mine fishing on a dinghy, when he alt tabbed and desynched and then the boat started going underwater on my screen, sure enough 20 seconds later an admin banned me for cheating.
Of course I made a ban appeal and got the ban removed (that is why I am here duh), now what if something like that were to happen again? What if something triggers the anticheat again (or I get bugged like back then and an admin bans me)?
Of course, I will be promted to show my GTA SA directory, and guess what will happen when they see I got a menu? Permanent ban.
Knowing my luck I will get banned in 2 seconds of joining the server so I am asking you guys, how can I use a mod menu in singleplayer without risking a ban?

 

[Avalanche]

Remove it before joining the server.

 

[Wallachia]

So like...I need to remove it through the in-game files each time I join the server?
And that still won't fix it, If I remove the menu on a daily basis then if I get banned I will still be convicting of "changing my game files the same day I got banned"

 

[Avalanche]

Simply just don't change / delete anything AFTER you get banned and you'll be fine. You only get questioned if there's been changes made afterwards. And yes, you have to completely remove the menu.

 

[Pekson]

Yeah, just drag it out every time you want to log in, I believe that times also show up in the last edited timestamp, so it'll say you edited your directory before getting banned, just don't touch it in the case that you get banned.
Although getting false banned twice isn't really something you should worry about.

 

[Hannah]

I'd copy your entire GTA folder to somewhere else and have a folder for single player and one for SAMP.

 

[Menace]

I'd copy your entire GTA folder to somewhere else and have a folder for single player and one for SAMP.

This. Copy and paste your GTA SA directory. I've got like three on my machine; one for RCRP, one for singleplayer and one that I keep completely untouched for backups.

 

[Wallachia]

I am very freaking short on storage space but thanks for the idea

 

[khaled]

Yeah just do what the others say. Just make sure that your mod menu is not located in your GTA SA Directory at the time of you playing any SA-MP server or RC-RP.

 

[Narcan]

San Andreas isn't that big of a game man, just install it twice so you can have two versions.